Thursday, February 26, 2009

New Volume: Israel Yearbook on Human Rights

The latest volume of the Israel Yearbook on Human Rights (Vol. 38, 2008) is out. Contents include:
  • International Humanitarian Law
    • Yoram Dinstein, Distinction and Loss of Civilian Protection in International Armed Conflicts
    • Michael N. Schmitt, Human Shields in International Humanitarian Law
    • Chris De Cock, The Use of Air Assets and Military Operations in Urban Terrain: Legal Constraints
    • David Fisher, The Law of International Disaster Response: Overview and Ramifications for Military Actors
  • The "War on Terrorism"
    • David Turns, The Treatment of Detainees and the “Global War on Terror”: Selected Legal Issues
    • Vicky McConachie, Coalition Operations: A Compromise or an Accommodation
    • Robin R. Churchill, Conflicts Between UN Security Council Resolutions and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea – and Their Possible Resolution
  • International Law
    • Robert P. Barnidge, Jr., Questioning the Legitimacy of Jus Cogens in the Global Legal Order
    • Rein Müllerson, On Absolute and Relative Universality of the Concept of Democracy
  • Special Supplement
    • Jean-Marie Henckaerts, Customary International Humanitarian Law – A Response to US Comments